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God himself couldn't make a battery that could withstand the shenanigans of a Triumph electrical system.

Brandon many of us have been riding the street 20+ years and everyone of us would be lying if we said something like this never happened to us. This is part of riding and learning to be a better rider. Learn from the mistake, but absolutely do not let this make you ride scared! Riding scared is the fastest way to a crash. Dwelling and over analyzing will only make things worse. This is the part where you add to the respect column.

Yea im really sorry it was short notice. It was kind of a spur of the moment thing. I will def try to get one scheduled for next year. Very cool stuff Andy. Im really excited for NM, i heard alot of awesome things and thought id stay there four days and check stuff out. I left my cell phone in the original post, feel free to hit me up with an address for your parent's shop and Ill venture over. Wish me luck guys and gals, im stoked!

Brandon- After reading your OP I didn't realize that you were immediately behind your friend. Guess you'll just have to figure out what you could have done differently.

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Just made it to Wytheville. 350 miles of twisty route 16. Only 9 miles of highway.

Just got to cbus, quick donut break. @Casper is still in bed it seems. He ia going to miss an epic run across 22 in KY. 36 hours till Wu Tang.

@whaler - I am not scared of what happened. Even after the incident I took a short breather to analyze what happened. After I cleared my mind I continued to ride the ride and nothing has changed there. I know the risks of riding a motorcycle and they do not scare me. @jschaf - I had to brake hard because my friend was in the lead and I was behind him. If I did not brake I would have rear ended him and caused a major accident between two motorcycles and 4 vehicles. I chose the action which I thought would get all of us out alive. Granted that action happened after I made the choice to pass. I do agree that I would have gassed it instead of braking but in the heat of the moment your thoughts are not as clear as they should be. Thanks for all the kind words about the experience. Was not expecting people to share similar experiences. Glad that this community of people has open minds about actions and choices.

An external mic placed inside my helmet. I dremel'ed out the case and use a gopro usb to 3.5mm adapter to the drift microphone placed inside the helmet. Allows me to capture voice as well.

I had forgotten all about that! They use multiple networks, so you SHOULD be covered if anyone offers service out where you need it. I'm going to look into WHICH networks they do use, though.

I'm glad your panic didn't result in a catastrophe. I don't know what road you were on but most are way wide enough for a car, a motorcycle & a truck. You did the right thing hitting the centerline but the braking was obviously unnecessary & only served to increase your panic. The next time this happens, remain calm, stay on the gas, hit the centerline, & direct your vision to the clear path through, not the obstacles. When overtaking multiple vehicles especially aware of any signs that someone is going to make a left turn. I hope you learn from this experience.

A close call is when I stopped riding like an asshole. It happens...we either learn from it and become a safer rider or we keep pushing it and maybe never get the chance to learn from a second incident. As I tell people nowadays - as I age my sense of adventure is being overtaken by my sense of self-preservation.

Well you ride the ride that makes you happy. That's what motorcycling is all about. Just don't put other people's lives in danger. If you would have not came in brand new to the forum guns blazing and stuck around for awhile, you would have realized people here like to talk shit and poke fun, sometimes it goes too far or someone takes a joke seriously. I don't ride the way I do to be popular BTW. I ride my style of riding because I enjoy it. I don't ride wheelies on the highway, but I also got almost 15k miles in for the year, and enjoy a going peg scraping corner at full tilt. You do what you like to do, you don't need approval from everyone and most certainly don't expect it.

Shutup Grandpa. MUZIK 4 LYFE

Here ya go OR!